Harpoon 100 Barrel Series #13 - Kellerbier

Formerly brewed at Harpoon Brewery
Style: Zwickel/Keller/Landbier
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Lager glass, Stein

From Notes Sampled 11/15/2007 Picked up a 6 pack of the encore series. Pours an amber color with a slight haze to it. Started off with a fluffy head that dissipated quickly. Aroma is nutty, grainy, with some sweet caramel in there. Taste is grainy, bready with a hop touch in there. Medium carbonation and a dry finish that lingers of hops. Descent beer not my favorite, but highly quaffable.

22oz Bottle. Purchased at Thorpe’s Wine and Spirits - East Greenwich, RI. Pours a furious hazy orange and gold, with a thick, fluffy khaki creampuff. Aroma is a bit odd. Caramel, apples, dust, toast, and bananas. Mingled. The flavor belies this beer’s unfortunate age. Tangy malt sugars fly around with some sprightly yeasts and a good bit of oxidation. I suppose a beer this light could never stave off the perils of time. Body is fresh, airy and bubbling against the palate. Very nice carbonation. Some generic old spices mingle in the background. I sense a quality beer beneath the fog of age. This had some malty depth and a nice yeast character for sure.

22oz bottle acquired in trade. Not sure who sent this one. Poured a medium amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of straw, toasted malts, and I was getting some citrus - rinds in there too. Tastes of straw, wheatiness, the same citrus, and some caramel. Light lacing left on the glass.

12-oz bottle received via Secret Santa July 2008. Pours amber with an average foamy off-white head, mostly lasting with good lacing. Aroma is average malt (grain, hay, straw), light hops (herbs, grass), average yeast (sweat) with notes of soap, pears, and wet paper. Light bodied, thin texture, light carbonation, and a chalky finish. Long duration, light sweetness and bitterness, moderate acidity.

Pours turbid deep dull copper with 1-finger off-white head. Nose is wheaties, caramel malt, spicy yeast, hopcitrus. Tastes of spicy yeast, rye wheat, funky hops, and malt, with a creamy texture and nice complexity.

Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007. A hazy orange beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma is sweet with notes of straw and malt. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel and a hay like note of hops, leading to a dry bitter finish.

12 oz bottle; poured a dark orange/amber with a medium sized, creamy, white head. Aroma was sweet with toasted malt, vanilla and caramel. Aroma got better to me. Haven’t had this style for a while. Good amount of hoppy bitterness; hops were mostly herbal and grassy. Very good grassy flavors. Malts were slightly sweet, nutty and toasted. Solid beer.

bottle. wake up early , head to the library- fuck it, i’ll eat later- then to the bank, i’ll grab something in a bit,- YOU WANT HOW MUCH OF MY MONEY?, NO, MA’AM, FUCK YOU! on to the courthouse, damn this snow is getting strong, damn, no time to eat, later hopefully i’ll grab some coffee or something soon. made it out of the courthouse unscathed, back to the library- no i don’t have any change tospare you miserable land carp, get out of my way. a few hours in the library, damn, when was the last time i ate or had anything to drink? ten minutes to home & the snow is really coming down. i start some stuff cooking on the stove as i crack this harpoon kellerbier. take a whiff & i am back in the field on a hot summer day picking cantalope in texas.the aroma is honey, dirt, & cantalope. great flavor that is so refreshing. honey, buscuity goodness. fuck the food, give me more of this beer. i can go another 6 hours now. fruit finish is pleasant. a nice hop midway on my tongue that brings out the cerealsweetness. beautiful hazed tan body that sticks to the sides of my glass. all i have to do now is schedule my community service for the next couple months and i can spend the rest of the day drinking 4 9 7 4 17